I've Finished My First Year Studying Art History!
This is just a quick post to update on how my second term studying History of Art has gone. Incidentally, the end of second term means the end of my first year of university! It's been a bit of a weird time - especially given the whole global pandemic thing - but a time that I have learnt a lot from and will probably weirdly cherish in hindsight. My last post details the less-than-dreamlike experience I had studying in first term, as I struggled to pick up History of Art as an entirely new subject during a pandemic. This term, although not quite plain-sailing, was certainly more academically enjoyable than its predecessor. A degree of that was probably sheer familiarity. However, the content - taking on a more modern focus - was at times more exciting, interesting and accessible. Equally, I think I've started to develop my areas of interest within the discipline a bit more which makes it easier to figure out what I want to tackle in exams and, eventually, modules. One of thes